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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Poultry Industry (11 Apr 2017)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 682. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to put in place a fund to support persons who are effected by the drop in eggs sales in view of recent reports of avian influenza; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17982/17]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Poultry Industry (11 Apr 2017)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 683. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to put in place a public health information campaign to inform the public that eggs for sale in the Irish market are fit for human consumption to combat the drop in sales of eggs in view of the recent avian influenza reports; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17983/17]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Poultry Industry (11 Apr 2017)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 684. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason free range poultry farmers have been advised to take birds indoors in efforts to combat the spread of avian influenza; his plans to rectify this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17984/17]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Poultry Industry (11 Apr 2017)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 685. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a decision has not been made by his Department to lift the precautionary measures being taken by poultry farmers to combat the spread of avian influenza on the instruction of his Department, which have been lifted at a European level; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17985/17]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Young Farmers Scheme Eligibility (11 Apr 2017)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 697. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a person who started green certificate education in September 2016 will qualify for the young farmer national reserve scheme in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18120/17]

Questions on Promised Legislation (6 Apr 2017)

Michael Fitzmaurice: A form circulating in some counties, including Roscommon, is requiring people who have been on the rural social scheme, RSS, for ten or 12 years to reapply. This was never the case previously. Why would someone who has been on the RSS for that long need to reapply? As long as they met the criteria, they used to just sign their names every year. That is understandable.

Questions on Promised Legislation (6 Apr 2017)

Michael Fitzmaurice: The body that supplies the scheme for the Department has circulated a new form that has no heading.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Applications (5 Apr 2017)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 301. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason some persons are having difficulty applying online for BPS due to the ongoing GLAS problem; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16967/17]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Applications (5 Apr 2017)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 302. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the actions he plans to take to rectify the issue which some persons are having where they are having difficulty applying online for BPS due to the ongoing GLAS problem; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16968/17]

Defence Forces: Motion (4 Apr 2017)

Michael Fitzmaurice: I thank Deputy Noel Grealish for sharing time and I compliment Fianna Fáil on tabling the motion. We need to salute the soldiers throughout the country and the work they do. We have seen the work they have done rescuing people in foreign lands. It would make one proud to be Irish. They have worked with the United Nations on peacekeeping duties for many years and the Irish soldiers...

Brexit: Statements (4 Apr 2017)

Michael Fitzmaurice: I am glad to have the opportunity to speak on this debate. The Europe we joined years ago - many people were in favour of it - was the European Economic Community, EEC. A community in anybody's eyes is a good thing. However, over the years it has changed considerably, some of it good, but an awful lot of it has intruded on the lives of people in different countries. People wonder why the...

National Children's Hospital: Motion [Private Members] (29 Mar 2017)

Michael Fitzmaurice: I thank the Deputy for sharing time. I welcome this motion from the Rural Independent Group. Everyone in the House agrees that we need a world-class hospital for children. What should we build the hospital for? Should we build it to cater for all of Ireland or part of it? A few things emerged from the Minister's speech. He spoke about inflation. I come from the building sector and have...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Éireann: Discussion (Resumed) (29 Mar 2017)

Michael Fitzmaurice: I have two quick questions. The Minister must realise that in small rural towns around Ireland, and where I come from, there is no bus at all now. There are private buses in some of the larger towns but we have no bus service now. Does the Minister believe that a Bus Éireann driver who goes from Waterford to Galway, for example, should be on the equivalent wage as a Dublin Bus driver?...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (29 Mar 2017)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 72. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the documentation and other requirements a Syrian national would be required to provide in order to obtain a category C visitor's visa for 90 days to visit family here, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15728/17]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Jobseeker's Benefit Eligibility (29 Mar 2017)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 114. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a person who, in the relevant year, was both self-employed and employed as a PAYE worker and made 52 paid S class contributions and in excess of 13 paid A class contributions, would have an entitlement to jobseeker's benefit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15729/17]

Money Advice and Budgeting Service and Citizens Information Centres: Motion (28 Mar 2017)

Michael Fitzmaurice: I congratulate Deputy Willie O'Dea on bringing froward the motion. The only problem with motions that have been brought forward in the Dáil in recent years, and on which we have voted, is that, sadly, nothing seems to happen on foot of them. I hope this one will be different, but I have my fears about it. MABS provides a local service in the towns in which they are located around...

An Garda Síochána: Statements (28 Mar 2017)

Michael Fitzmaurice: Does the letter Mr. Gay Byrne received not show the type of systems in place, in that they were more interested in finding out who wrote the letter? The Commissioner was appointed at a time when it was known in the Department of Justice and Equality, in the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport and by a Minister that some fiasco was going on in the Garda Síochána, yet she was...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Family Income Supplement Appeals (28 Mar 2017)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 246. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will be made regarding an appeal for family income supplement submitted in October 2016 by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15292/17]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Imports (28 Mar 2017)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 430. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to call for an EU Council of Ministers meeting with a view to introducing an immediate ban on Brazilian food products being imported into the EU, in view of the recent revelation regarding the substandard food products being exported by Brazilian food processors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14815/17]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Imports (28 Mar 2017)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 431. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he will to take to safeguard persons from inadequate products in view of the recent revelation regarding the substandard food products being exported by Brazilian food processors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14816/17]